Meet Our Team
Terms of Reference
Co-Directors
Jacqueline Gahagan, PhD
Jacquie is a Professor of Health Promotion at Dalhousie University. She has been involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy, activism and research for over two decades. Her current funded program of research focuses primarily on the gendered aspects of HIV/Hep C, STIs and sexual/reproductive health outcomes. Jacquie focuses on policy and programming interventions using sex and gender-based analyses (SGBA+) to address health inequities faced among marginalized populations at high risk for poor health outcomes such as those living with or affected by HIV, HCV or other STBBIs, older LGBTQ+ populations and those involved in sex work. Email: jacqueline.gahagan@dal.ca Mobile : 902.414.8646 Office: 902.494.1155 Twitter:@jacquie_gahagan |
Lois Jackson, PhD
Lois is a Professor of Health Promotion at Dalhousie University. For over 20 years, she has conducted research with marginalized populations with a particular focus on people who use substances. Much of her work centres on access to health services and specifically, harm reduction services. Her work draws attention to specific challenges of access for those living outside of large urban centres. She has led a number of nationally-funded studies and has presented and published widely internationally, nationally and locally. Email: lois.jackson@dal.ca Phone: 902. 494-1341 |
Leadership Committee
Marni Amirault
CAAN and AHA Centre |
Diane Bailey
Mainline Needle Exchange |
Michelle Bowden
Public Health Agency of Canada |
Donna Bulman, PhD
University of New Brunswick |
OmiSoore Dryden, PhD
Dalhousie University |
Stacey Burns
PEI Department of Health and Wellness |
Julie Dingwell
Avenue B Harm Reduction (formerly AIDS Saint John) |
Jacqueline Gahagan, PhD
Dalhousie University |
Greg Harris, PhD
Memorial University (MUN) |
Lois Jackson, PhD
Dalhousie University |
Susan Kirkland, PhD
Dalhousie University (AIRN Director: 2005-2019) |
Michael Liddell
Community Member |
Jo-Ann MacDonald
University of PEI |
Jeannine McNeil
Public Health Agency of Canada |
Joshua Edward, PhD
Dalhousie University |
Michelle Proctor-Simms
Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS |
Julie Thomas
Healing Our Nations |
Gerard Yetman (Co-Chair)
AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador |
Chris Aucoin
AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia |